The Play-Toy Of Three Lycan Kings-Chapter 398: Dome

ADAM

I woke up with a shout lodged in my throat.

The dream clung to me like rot.

Sage stood before me, cloaked in darkness so thick it swallowed the world. She pointed at me, her mouth stretching into a laugh that echoed too loudly, too wrong.

Then she was Maya—bleeding, broken, slipping through my fingers as I begged her to stay. Then Dora. Always Dora. Her eyes wide with betrayal as my hands closed around a blade already buried in her chest.

They all died in my hands. Again.

I jolted upright, breath tearing out of me, my heart slamming against my ribs like it wanted out. Sweat slicked my skin. My fingers dug into the sheets as I tried to orient myself, tried to remember where I was, when I was.

I dragged a hand through my hair, tugging hard enough to ground myself. That was when I realized that I was alone. Where was she?

The space beside me was cold. Empty. No warmth. No scent. Like we hadn’t even happened. How... Did she erase the scents with magic? Why?

Did she not want the matebond?

But she kissed me...

I hated how I felt stupid.

"Sage?" I breathed, already knowing she wouldn’t answer.

Panic stirred low in my chest as I reached through the bond, wanting to know her location. But magic slammed back at me like a wall.

I gasped, stumbling off the bed as raw power crackled along my nerves, violent and unmistakable. My wolf surged forward, howling a single truth.

She was casting the dome already... without me being there.

My heart leapt into my throat. "She’s going to collapse," I muttered, already moving, remembering when Dora had casted the dome the first time. "She’s going to push herself too far."

I didn’t bother dressing properly. I didn’t stop to think. I bolted from the room, the bond tugging me forward even as the magic kept me at arm’s length.

I burst into the common room—and skidded to a halt.

Claire, Naomi, and Rachel were frozen mid-movement, suspended in shimmering cages of magic. Their faces were pale, eyes wide, mouths open in silent screams. Power hummed thickly in the air, draining them slowly, relentlessly.

I didn’t need to be told what had happened.

They had come for Sage. And she hadn’t had time for their nonsense.

My jaw clenched as I took them in. They could see me now, their gazes snapping toward me with desperate intensity, but no sound came from them. No plea. No accusation.

The clock on the wall caught my eye. Six p.m.

My chest tightened. How long had she been gone? Where were my brothers?

I turned to leave—but a sound stopped me. A croak.

"Adam..."

Claire’s voice was wrecked, scraped raw by terror and magic alike.

I exhaled sharply and turned back, irritation warring with something darker. I didn’t want to waste time. Every second Sage was out there was a risk.

But I wasn’t willing to gamble with a life either.

"Damn it," I muttered.

Without overthinking it, I stepped closer and thrust my hand into the cage.

The magic resisted for half a heartbeat, then yielded. I yanked Claire free and dumped her unceremoniously onto the floor. She collapsed in a heap, gasping, too weak to stand.

"Next time, you think before attacking one stronger than you," I snarled under my breath.

I repeated the motion for Naomi and Rachel, pulling them free and letting them crumple where they fell. None of them could even muster the strength to scream now.

As I turned away, Claire rasped, "How?"

I paused, but didn’t look back. She knew what she was asking. The magic should have been impervious to me.

Only my brothers and my mother knew the truth—that I was gifted. Even then, I didn’t fully understand it myself. I only knew that when instinct took over, the world sometimes bent.

I gave her no answer. I was already moving. The pull of the bond sharpened as I crossed the grounds, dragging me toward the edge of the pack lands, where the air itself seemed to vibrate.

And then I saw her.

Sage hovered between earth and sky, suspended in raw power, her body arched as if the magic itself held her aloft. Light rippled outward from her in great shimmering waves, colliding with the already-formed dome that shielded my pack.

She wasn’t just reinforcing it. She was extending it, as promised.

Another dome spread over the outer colonies, weaving protection layer by layer, her power stitching the land closed against whatever threats lurked beyond.

Awe rooted me in place. The first dome shimmered like liquid glass, alive with energy, responding to her will. She was doing this alone. Carrying it. Holding it.

My chest swelled painfully. She was magnificent. My mate. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Pride bloomed fierce, eclipsing fear for just a moment. After all, interrupting her now could kill her.

Then she screamed.

The sound tore through me, sharp and raw, snapping something deep in my chest. My hands clenched helplessly at my sides as the scream cut off abruptly, leaving a ringing silence behind.

"Sage," I whispered.

I would give anything—anything—when she was done. The crown. The pack. My life. I would make her my queen the moment her feet touched the ground. I wouldn’t hesitate. Wouldn’t wait. Wouldn’t let doubt poison this.

The goddess herself could not have made it clearer. She was meant for me.

Footsteps approached behind me. I didn’t turn as Noah and Daniel came to stand at my sides, their presence unmistakable even without looking.

"Magnificent, isn’t she?" Noah murmured.

Something in his tone scraped wrong. I forced myself to nod. "Yes."

Daniel chuckled softly and nudged my shoulder. "Looks like you won, brother. First to bed her."

I allowed myself a small smile, tension easing just a fraction. Maybe they had finally backed off. Maybe they understood now.

Then Noah spoke again. "She promised us our turns when she’s done."

The words hit like a blade between my ribs.

My smile shattered. My heart fractured.

But it took second place when Sage’s body finally dropped from the sky, power snapping into place, the dome complete.

I sped toward her, determined to catch her before she touched the ground.